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Iranian missiles caused $3 billion damage to Israeli regime

American media outlets have revealed the estimated financial losses suffered by Israel during its recent conflict with Iran.

According to a report by Bloomberg, citing informed sources, the Israeli regime has estimated that the war with Iran caused around $3 billion in damages.

The report states that internal Israeli assessments show Iran was able to significantly penetrate Israeli defense systems during nearly two weeks of retaliatory missile attacks, inflicting substantial damage to the regime’s infrastructure.

While the Zionist regime waged a war of aggression against Iran on June 13 and struck Iran’s military, nuclear, and residential areas for 12 days, the US stepped in and conducted military attacks on three nuclear sites in Iran’s Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan on June 22.

The Iranian military forces conducted powerful counterattacks immediately after the aggression. The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force carried out 22 waves of retaliatory missile strikes against the Zionist regime as part of Operation True Promise III, which inflicted heavy losses on cities across the occupied territories.

A ceasefire that came into force on June 24 has brought the fighting to a halt.

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Trump levels new claims about Iranian officials

US President Donald Trump has claimed that the Iranian authorities would like to have a meeting with him as soon as possible, despite Tehran’s stating the opposite.

“They do want to meet me, and we”ll do that quickly,” Trump told reporters at the White House, as quoted by TASS.

Earlier on Saturday, in a post on the X social media platform, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that if President Trump is genuine about wanting a deal, he should put aside the disrespectful and unacceptable tone toward the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.

“If President Trump is genuine about wanting a deal, he should put aside the disrespectful and unacceptable tone towards Iran”s Supreme Leader, Grand Ayatollah Khamenei, and stop hurting his millions of heartfelt followers,” he stressed.

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Global justice required US to target Dimona instead of Iran

Turki bin Faisal Al Saud, the former head of Saudi Arabia’s intelligence organization, said in a sharp statement referring to the Israeli regime’s nuclear program: “If there was justice in the world, the American B2 bombers would have targeted Dimona and other nuclear facilities in Israel, because Israel has nuclear weapons contrary to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.”

Source: Marzieh Rahmani

Grossi abetting ‘more war crimes’: Zarif

Former Vice President for Strategic Affairs Mohammad-Javad Zarif says that the secretary-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has helped the slaughter of innocent people and is now abetting more war crimes.

“Having abetted the slaughter of innocents thru his fictitious I.A.E.A. report, @rafaelmgrossi is now conspiring to abet more war crimes through his reckless musing that Iran is hiding uranium at World Heritage Sites in Isfahan,” Zarif wrote on his X account on Friday.

“IAEA should rid itself of this disgrace. #Fire_Grossi.”

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“Israel”s” war objectives turned into failures in Iran: spox

In a written statement provided exclusively to Al Mayadeen, Mohajerani outlined Tehran’s view of the war, the country’s deterrence capabilities, and the future of Iran’s nuclear program in the face of international pressure.

She stated that “Israel”s” initial war goals ultimately turned into “military, security, and diplomatic failures,” adding that “Iran’s national resolve to preserve independence, sovereignty, and internal security has only grown stronger.”

“The Zionist regime made a strategic miscalculation,” Mohajerani said, stressing that it “paid the price for its error.” She dismissed Israeli claims of having destroyed Iranian defense capabilities, labeling such statements as “messages for domestic consumption aimed at calming the Zionist public.”

Delving into the Islamic Republic”s defense capabilities, Mohajerani emphasized that Iran’s military posture is based on deep, layered, and self-reliant capabilities, noting that what unfolded on the battlefield proved Iran’s readiness to launch both symmetrical and asymmetrical responses. “Our retaliation against Israel was decisive, legitimate, and effective in deterrence,” she stressed.

Turning to the nuclear file, the Iranian official confirmed that the Islamic Republic’s peaceful nuclear program will continue uninterrupted, asserting that the Iranian people’s determination to advance high-level technologies in the service of national development remains unchanged.

She criticized the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its Director-General, Rafael Grossi, for failing to condemn attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities. “Not only did the IAEA fail to denounce the cowardly strikes, but its chief, who is expected to uphold the Non-Proliferation Treaty, personally refused to condemn them,” she said.

Consequently, Mohajerani confirmed that the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Iranian Parliament) approved legislation to suspend cooperation with the IAEA, which has since been ratified by the Guardian Council and is now binding law.

“From now on, our relationship with the IAEA will take a new form,” she declared, according to Al Mayadeen English website, adding that while the law sets the course, the Supreme National Security Council will have the authority to shape and adjust future decisions.

Addressing the broader regional context, Mohajerani called out the double standards of Western states, which she said have remained silent in the face of Israeli aggression. “This silence, or in some cases, implicit support, makes those states complicit in war crimes,” she warned.

She urged countries that claim to support peace and international law to adopt independent and responsible positions, further reiterating that Iran remains fully prepared for any scenario and any potential threat. Iran, she added, did not start the war but will not hesitate to respond to any future acts of aggression.

“Our red line is national security, and any threat to it will be met with a firm and decisive response,” she said, simultaneously asserting that Iran’s message to the region remains one of peace, cooperation, and collective resistance to occupation and unilateralism.

“The recent war has proven that militarism and reckless policies do not bring security. They only deepen instability,” she said, concluding that Iran stands with the peoples of the region in the pursuit of a just, dignified, and sustainable peace.

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باید وحدت ملی را حفظ کنیم

به گزارش خبرنگار مهر، سید پرویز فتاح، رئیس ستاد اجرایی فرمان امام، صبح امروز (شنبه ۷ تیر ماه) و در حاشیه مراسم تشییع پیکر مطهر شهدای اقتدار، اظهار کرد: حتماً عنایت الهی همیشه حافظ نظام، مملکت، رهبر و این مردم بوده است. از سوی دیگر، وحدت ملی ما در این روزها بسیار مشخص است. ملت خیلی با هم یکپارچه و همدل شدند و تحمل کردند و طی این ۱۲ روز، بر مملکت آرامش حاکم بود.

وی افزود: نکته بعدی این است که دشمن همیشه در محاسباتش برای کشور ما اشتباه کرده است؛ از اول انقلاب دنبال سرنگونی نظام بود اما ناموفق بوده و این دفعه هم همین‌طور است. یعنی دشمن فکر کرده بود اگر حمله کند، مردم با آنان همراهی می‌کنند، اما مردم با نظام، پرچم ایران، وطن و نظام واقعاً همراهی کردند و دشمن شکست خورده است.

رئیس ستاد اجرایی فرمان امام گفت: البته ما هم ضربه دیدیم و این فرماندهان عزیزی که به شهادت رسیدند، خیلی قیمتشان بالاست، اما دشمن هم شکست سختی خورد و آتش‌بس را قبول کرد. این وحدت را ما باید حفظ کنیم. وحدت زیر پرچم ایران و زیر نظر ولایت و مقام معظم رهبری بسیار مهم است.

فتاح در ادامه تأکید کرد: به لطف خدا پیروزی برای این ملت قطعی است و این وعده قرآن و این وعده خداست. با همه خسارت‌ها، نظام اسلامی از این مشکلات و مسائل عبور خواهد کرد و دشمن صهیونیستی و استکبار آمریکا به جایی نخواهند رسید.

وی افزود: آن‌ها می‌دانند که شکست خورده‌اند، اما به زبان آوردن و اقرار به شکست برای آن‌ها سخت است. البته مردم دنیا دارند اقرار می‌کنند که در این جنگ، این نظام اسلامی است که آتش‌بس را به آن‌ها تحمیل کرده است. این وحدت رویه و همدلی را ما باید حفظ کنیم، چرا که سرمایه بسیار مهمی است.

فتاح گفت: ما شهید دادیم و این خون‌ها سرمایه است. شهدا زنده‌اند و شاید در ظاهر نیستند، ولی ناظرند و ما این نظام را با این شهدا بیمه اساسی‌تر کردیم.

Source: نفیسه عبدالهی

VIDEO: General Ghaani attends funeral ceremony for martyrs

Jun 28, 2025

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VIDEO: General Ghaani attends funeral ceremony for martyrs

EHRAN, Jun. 28 (MNA) – Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force Commander Brigadier General Esmail Ghaani attended the big funeral ceremony in Tehran held for the Iranians martyred in the Israeli regime”s strikes.

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Aid workers death toll rises to 50 after Israel attack

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said on Friday that Haitham Bassam Abu Issa, a nurse at its Deir el-Balah clinic, was killed while off duty on Thursday.

“This brings the total number of PRCS staff and volunteers killed during the conflict to 50 – a deeply shocking figure,” the organization stated.

Action Against Hunger confirmed that two of its employees, Mohammed Hussein and Obada Abu Issa, were also killed in the same airstrike in a densely populated area.

According to the group, neither aid worker was on duty when the strike occurred.

Mohammed, 20, worked as an office guard and had planned to renew his contract.

“He gave those around him sincere support without asking for anything in return,” the organization said.

Obada, 30, was a field assistant with the water, sanitation and hygiene team and is survived by his wife and two children.

Action Against Hunger called for the protection of civilians and humanitarian workers and demanded an immediate and lasting ceasefire.

The organization said it would continue its mission in Gaza despite the ongoing attacks.

Since Israel launched its offensive on Gaza on October 7, 2023, over 56,000 Palestinians have been killed and more than 132,000 injured, according to health authorities in Gaza.

Israel has imposed a total blockade on the enclave as part of an effort to force residents from the territory.

Source: Marzieh Rahmani

Iran submits official protest to UN rights office over Israeli, US onslaught

The protest was submitted by Nasser Seraj, head of the Islamic Republic’s High Council for Human Rights, to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday.

Iran’s health ministry on Wednesday announced that 627 people have been martyred and 4,870 others injured in the Israeli aggression against the Islamic Republic, which began on June 13.

The aggression stopped 12 days later after the regime declared a unilateral ceasefire in the face of spirited resistance by the Iranian armed forces that brought the Zionist entity to a standstill.

Iran’s protest note said the combined strikes “constitute a clear violation of the fundamental principles of international law, international human rights law, and international humanitarian law.”

It underlined how the Israeli aggression targeted, among other places, the central headquarters of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), which is the country’s broadcasting authority, healthcare and outreach centers, the capital Evin Prison, and residential areas as well as urban and rural regions.

The attack on the residential structures, the letter maintained, had targeted a number of the country’s noted nuclear scientists inside their own homes.

The Iranian rights body denounced the Israeli aggression for violating inherent rights enjoyed by people as the right to life, the right to physical and psychological security, and the right to medical services.

The Israeli attacks also contravened entitlements as the prohibition of psychological torture—which the regime violated through repeated threats of bombing residential homes—and freedom of speech that it trampled upon by attacking the IRIB’s buildings, it clarified.

Furthermore, the aggression flouted the “principle of distinction” by failing to differentiate between military and civilian targets, the “principle of proportionality,” and the “principle of precaution,” which it violated by refusing to warn civilians in advance and, therefore, minimize harm to the population.

Besides slamming the American aggression on the peaceful nuclear facilities, the Iranian rights body condemned Washington for providing operational and intelligence support for the Israeli assaults.

The letter finally called on the United Nations to enable official registration of all the violation cases, initiate formal investigation and referral to the Human Rights Council, and summon special rapporteurs to examine legal and humanitarian aspects.

It also urged the world body to ensure official accountability for both the Zionist regime and the US.

Source: Ifp Media Wire

“Daddy” can’t save Israel: Iran warns US against disrespect, vows stronger response

“If Trump wants a deal, he should put aside his disrespectful and unacceptable tone towards the Leader of Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, and not hurt the hearts of millions of his true followers,” Araghchi wrote in a social media post.

The foreign minister further noted, “The complexity and tenacity of Iranians is well evident in our luxurious carpets woven with endless hours of effort and patience. But as a nation, our principled logic is very simple and straightforward: we know what we have, we value our independence, and we will never let anyone else determine our destiny.”

Araghchi warned that Iranians, who forced Israel to flee to “Daddy” (the US) to avoid being “flattened” by Iranian missiles, will not tolerate threats or disrespect.

“If illusions lead to worse mistakes, Iran will not hesitate to unveil its true capabilities, and this will surely end any illusions about Iran’s power,” he stated.

Araghchi also highlighted Iran’s military strength, referencing hundreds of ballistic missiles, hypersonic weapons, and armed drones.

Source: IFP Editorial Staff

Iran FM refutes IAEA chief’s call to visit nuclear sites

Grossi’s “insistence on visiting the bombed sites under the pretext of safeguards is meaningless and possibly even malign in intent,” Araghchi said in a post on his X account on Friday.

“Iran reserves the right to take any steps in defense of its interests, its people, and its sovereignty,” he added.

Araghchi’s post came after the head of the UN nuclear agency, addressing the IAEA’s Board of Governors on Monday, appealed for immediate access to the targeted sites to assess the possible damages.

The three Iranian nuclear sites in Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan came under unprovoked and unlawful American aggression on Sunday morning, the responsibility of which was immediately claimed by US President Donald Trump.\

At the NATO summit in the Netherlands on Wednesday, Trump claimed the “total obliteration” of Iran’s nuclear program in the aggression, which was in blatant breach of international law and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

However, contrary to Trump’s claims, a leaked preliminary assessment by the Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) found that the attacks caused only minimal damage to the three facilities.

The report also noted that Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile remains intact despite Trump claiming that the country’s nuclear program was finished.

Araghchi said the Iranian parliament has voted for a halt to collaboration with the IAEA until the safety and security of the country’s nuclear activities can be guaranteed.

“This is a direct result of @rafaelmgrossi’s regrettable role in obfuscating the fact that the Agency—a full decade ago—already closed all past issues,” the top Iranian diplomat noted.

He added that Grossi’s malign action played a direct role in facilitating the adoption of a politically-motivated resolution by the 35-member Board of Governors against Iran and the unlawful Israeli and US bombings of Iranian nuclear sites.

On June 12, the IAEA Board of Governors passed a resolution accusing Iran of “non-compliance” with its nuclear obligations. The resolution, pushed by Britain, France and Germany, and endorsed by the US, was passed with 19 votes in favor, three against, and 11 abstentions.

In his post, Araghchi also pointed to a betrayal of Grossi’s duties, who also failed to explicitly condemn such blatant violations of IAEA safeguards and its Statute.

“The IAEA and its Director-General are fully responsible for this sordid state of affairs,” the Iranian foreign minister said.

The Israeli regime launched a full-scale aggression on Iranian soil on June 13 by targeting various military and nuclear sites, claiming the lives of many top military commanders and nuclear scientists as well as ordinary civilians.

The aggression on the Islamic Republic has so far claimed the lives of 627 Iranians, according to the health ministry.

Source: Ifp Media Wire

واردات نفت چین از ایران افزایش یافت

به گزارش خبرگزاری مهر، بر اساس داده‌های شرکت‌های ردیابی نفتکش، در بحبوحه واردات کلی بالا در هفته‌های اخیر که تحت تأثیر قیمت‌های پایین‌تر نفت در ماه‌های آوریل و مه انجام شد، چین واردات نفت خام از ایران را در ماه میلادی جاری طور قابل توجهی افزایش داد.

طبق اطلاعات شرکت «ورتکسا»، واردات نفت چین از ایران، در فاصله اول تا ۲۰ ژوئن، به رکورد ۱.۸ میلیون بشکه در روز رسید. داده‌های کپلر نشان داد که واردات نفت از ایران به چین، از اول تا ۲۷ ژوئن، به طور متوسط ۱.۴۶ میلیون بشکه در روز بوده که حدود ۵۰۰ هزار بشکه در روز بیشتر از واردات تخمینی چین از ایران در ماه مه است.

صادرات بالاتر نفت ایران به چین، به دلیل بارگیری بالاتر نفت خام ایران در ماه مه و خرید بیشتر پالایشگاه‌های مستقل چینی که به اصطلاح «تی‌پات» نامیده می‌شوند و نفت خام ارزان‌تر ایران را برای پر کردن ذخایر در اوج تقاضای تابستان، خریداری کردند، روی داد.

صادرات روزانه نفت ایران در هفته اول تجاوز نظامی رژیم صهیونیستی، ۴۴ درصد افزایش یافت و تحلیلگران انتظار دارند واردات نفت چین از ایران طی هفته‌های آینده در سطح بالایی باقی بماند.

بر اساس گزارش «اویل پرایس»، پس از اقدام تجاوزکارانه آمریکا در حمله به تأسیسات هسته‌ای ایران، دونالد ترامپ، رئیس جمهور آمریکا، در شبکه اجتماعی «تروث سوشال» نوشت: چین اکنون می‌تواند به خرید نفت از ایران ادامه دهد. امیدواریم که آنها مقدار زیادی نفت هم از آمریکا خریداری کنند.

Source: زهره آقاجانی